Shawn McGrath, creator of psychedelic racing game Dyad, did not expect to announce today that his game is coming to Steam. But folks on the Internet figured it out. » 2/04/13 3:27pm 2/04/13 3:27pm

Welcome back to "Backhanded Box Quotes," a collection of measured, thoughtful criticism from the user reviews of Metacritic, Amazon and elsewhere. Good luck getting a job with Irrational Games if your game shows up here. » 8/03/12 9:00pm 8/03/12 9:00pm

Few endings get it right—often, they can be the most disappointing part of a work. But Dyad » 7/19/12 8:30pm 7/19/12 8:30pm, the PS3's new psychedelic downloadable racer, nails it.

The following story originally ran in March of 2011, but since the excellent game it's partially about just came out this week, we're showing it to you again. And, before you ask, the last time I asked Dyad's creator about this special gaming chair, he didn't make it sound like it would be going into mass-production.… » 7/18/12 10:40am 7/18/12 10:40am

Music lovers rejoice—Shawn McGrath's splendid racing/music/freakout game Dyad arrives on the PlayStation Store today. We've done a lot of pre-release coverage of McGrath's game, and Chris Person just reviewed it today. » 7/17/12 7:15pm 7/17/12 7:15pm

Just over the halfway mark, 2012 has already provided an embarrassment of riches for music game fans. We've had music games of every shape and color » 7/12/12 9:00pm 7/12/12 9:00pm, with many more on the horizon. If you like gaming and you can keep a beat, chances are there's a game out there that you'll enjoy.

You may have noticed that members of the press are playing the trippy, soaring game Dyad, which comes out next week. » 7/11/12 1:45pm 7/11/12 1:45pm

If you're a regular Kotaku Melodic » 6/21/12 9:00pm 6/21/12 9:00pm reader, you're no stranger to the idea that despite many developers' cinematic aspirations, video games have more in common with music than they do with film.

I've never experimented acid or done any kind of psychedelics. People say it's great, except for all the flashbacks and stuff. From my never-tripped point-of-view, Dyad looks like it simulates an chemically altered mindstate pretty damn well. It's got a lot more going for it than just that, though. » 4/16/12 10:00pm 4/16/12 10:00pm

At the end of the Game Developers Conference, everyone is usually exhausted. I sure was—it had been five long days of standing and walking, of typing and recording and listening, of engaging in long, heated conversations about video games. Also long, heated conversations about Buffy, which seemed to be the most… » 3/16/12 4:00pm 3/16/12 4:00pm

News of Dyad » 3/01/12 8:30pm 3/01/12 8:30pm has been out there in the ether for a little while (we've even ). The in-development PS3 game combines racing and music, imagining players as a single particle flying along at warp speed.

Probably the best way to sell Dyad, a "very deep hardcore racing/puzzle game," according to its creators, is to offer video of this unusual looking, but very pretty PlayStation 3 game. So, why don't you watch? » 6/20/11 3:40pm 6/20/11 3:40pm